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Qcells Europe · 1 month ago

Technical Program Manager – Backend API

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Qcells is a leading photovoltaic manufacturer focused on renewable solar energy solutions. They are seeking a Technical Program Manager to drive the planning and execution of backend services that support APIs and integrations, ensuring seamless delivery of scalable applications for various stakeholders.

ElectronicsEnergyEnergy StorageIndustrial EngineeringIndustrial ManufacturingManufacturingRenewable EnergySolar

Responsibilities

Program Leadership: Work closely with backend engineers to own end-to-end delivery of backend initiatives, including API development, database architecture, and service/application integrations

Cross-Team Coordination: Align engineering, product, and business stakeholders; manage dependencies across mobile, web, and embedded teams

Technical Depth: Understand backend architecture, distributed systems, and integration patterns to identify risks and unblock teams

Execution & Governance: Drive long-term and short-term planning, roadmaps/schedules, status reporting, risk management, and ensure compliance with infrastructure, security and scalability standards

Stakeholder Communication: Provide clear updates to leadership and partners on progress, risks, and mitigation plans, ensuring plans are well prioritized according to organizational goals and shared success

Continuous Improvement: Optimize collaboration and operation workflows and improve delivery predictability

Qualification

Technical Program ManagementBackend SystemsAgile MethodologyREST APIsDatabase QueryingJiraConfluenceCI/CD PipelinesCloud PlatformsStakeholder CommunicationContinuous ImprovementCommunication SkillsCross-Team Coordination

Required

5+ years in technical program management or similar roles in software engineering organizations

General understanding of backend systems (APIs, databases, microservices, cloud platforms)

Expertise in planning, execution, and delivery of complex, multi-team programs; Agile experience required

Exceptional ability to communicate across technical and non-technical stakeholders

Strong familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud environments (Azure, AWS)

Travel may be required up to 20%, depending on business needs

Preferred

Solar Industry experience (Renewable)

Software engineering experience

Ability to work with REST APIs and query databases

Company

Qcells Europe

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Qcells is a renowned complete energy solutions provider in solar cells and modules, energy storage solutions, downstream project business, and distributed energy solutions business.

Founded in 1999

Wolfen, Sachsen-Anhalt, DEU

1001-5000 employees